ORDINANCE No. 6 of 1863.
Regulation of Public Vehicles.
hereby authorized to ply for hire; and every driver or bearer plying for hire or carrying a fare at an unauthorized hour shall be subject to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars, unless the Magistrate shall be of opinion that such driver or bearer was bonâ fide engaged during the hours within which he is hereby authorized to ply for hire.
5. Every licensed vehicle or chair shall have affixed thereto in such conspicuous place as the Registrar General shall direct the number of its licence in figures not less than two inches in length, and each driver of a vehicle or bearer of a chair shall wear in such manner as the Registrar General shall direct his distinguishing badge, bearing his own number licence.
6. All vehicles or chairs shall upon grant or renewal of licence [words added by Ordinance No. 6 of 1882] be shewn and submitted to the inspection of the Registrar General, or of such person as he shall appoint for the purpose; and the Registrar General is hereby authorized to refuse a licence in respect of any vehicle or chair which shall not in his estimation be either as to repairs or cleanliness in a state fit for public use.
7. Every person obtaining a licence for a vehicle or chair under this Ordinance shall find and give upon receiving his licence security in the sum of fifty dollars for a special licence, and twenty-five dollars for an ordinary licence, by the bond of himself and of some person or persons, to the satisfaction of the Registrar General, for the appearance at any time [words added by Ordinance No. 6 of 1882] of the person obtaining such licence and also of the driver or bearer of the vehicle or chair when they shall respectively be thereunto required, and for his duly paying all fines which shall be imposed in respect of the vehicle or chair or the driver or bearer thereof, and all damages which may be recovered for injuries committed in respect of the vehicle or chair or the driver or bearer thereof; the bond to be in such form as the Registrar General shall require.
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8. Public vehicles and chairs shall when unengaged stand ready for hire at such streets and places as the Registrar General shall from time to time direct. [Added to by Ordinance No. 6 of 1882.]
9. The fares to be charged for public vehicles and chairs shall be such sums by the day, half-day, hour, half-hour, or job as the Registrar General shall by a table of fares to be set up in some conspicuous place in his office from time to time direct, and a copy thereof shall be inserted in every licence to be granted under this Ordinance, and it shall be also affixed in a conspicuous place on the inside of every such vehicle or chair: Provided always that such table of fares, or any alteration of the same, shall, before the same shall come into operation, be submitted to and approved by the Governor in Executive Council. Every public vehicle or chair when plying for hire or engaged after eight o'clock at night shall carry a lamp of such description as the Registrar General shall direct.
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but he may carry a fare if engaged within authorized hours.
Numbers and badges to be fixed on vehicles and chairs, and worn by drivers or bearers.
Vehicles and chairs to be inspected by Registrar General, and his power to refuse licence.
On licence security to be given.
Vehicle and chair stands.
Fares to be according to a scale to be fixed by Registrar General.
ORDINANCE No. 6 or 1863.
Regulation of Public Vehicles.
hereby authorized to ply for hire; and every driver or bearer plying for hire or carrying a fare at an unauthorized hour shall be subject to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars, unless the Magistrate shall be of opinion that such driver or bearer was bonâ fide engaged during the hours within which he is hereby authorized to ply for hire.
5. Every licensed vehicle or chair shall have affixed thereto in such conspicuous place as the Registrar General shall direct the number of its licence in figures not less than two inches in length, and each driver of a vehicle or bearer of a chair shall wear in such manner as the Registrar General shall direct his distinguishing badge, bearing his own number licence.
6. All vehicles or chairs shall upon grant or renewal of licence [words added by Ordinance No. 6 of 1882] be shewn and submitted to the inspection of the Registrar General, or of such person as he shall appoint for the purpose; and the Registrar General is hereby authorized to refuse a licence in respect of any vehicle or chair which shall not in his estimation be either as to repairs or cleanliness in a state fit for public
use.
7. Every person obtaining a licence for a vehicle or chair under this Ordinance shall find and give upon receiving his licence security in the sum of fifty dollars for a special licence, and twenty-five dollars for an ordinary licence, by the bond of himself and of some person or persons, to the satisfaction of the Registrar General, for the appearance at any time [words added by Ordinance No. 6 of 1882] of the person obtaining such licence and also of the driver or bearer of the vehicle or chair when they shall respectively be thereunto required, and for his duly paying all fines which shall be imposed in respect of the vehicle or chair or the driver or bearer thereof, and all damages which may be recovered for injuries committed in respect of the vehicle or chair or the driver or bearer thereof; the bond to be in such form as the Registrar General shall require.
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8. Public vehicles and chairs shall when unengaged stand ready for hire at such streets and places as the Registrar General shall from time to time direct. [Added to by Ordinance No. 6 of 1882.]
9. The fares to be charged for public vehicles and chairs shall be such sums by the day, half-day, hour, half-hour, or job as the Registrar General shall by a table of fares to be set up in some conspicuous place in his office from time to time direct, and a copy thereof shall be inserted in every licence to be granted under this Ordi- nance, and it shall be also affixed in a conspicuous place on the inside of every such. vehicle or chair: Provided always that such table of fares, or any alteration of the same, shall, before the same shall come into operation, be submitted to and approved by the Governor in Executive Council. Every public vehicle or chair when plying for hire or engaged after eight o'clock at night shall carry a lamp of such description as the Registrar General shall direct.
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but he may carry a fare if engaged within authoriz ed hours.
Numbers and badges to be fixed on vehicles and chairs, and worn by drivers or bearers.
Vehicles and chairs to bo inspected by Registrar Gener- al, and his power to refuse licence..
On licence secur- ity to be given.
Vehicle and
chair stands.
Fares to be ac- cording to a scale to be fixed by Registrar General.
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